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Parents of children given the untried and largely untested Dengvaxia vaccine have complained to Senator Dick Gordon that they were not given proper information or have been warned of any side effects before their children were given the vaccine. During a consultation with Gordon, officials of the United Parents Against Dengvaxia (UPAD) lamented that their […]
With the Philippines ranking third worldwide with the highest incidence of measles over a 12-month period from January to June this year with 45,847 cases, according to the World Health Organization, Senator Dick Gordon is calling on the public to bring thier trust back in the government’s Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). “People should not […]
Following the Department of Health’s (DOH) declaration of a national dengue epidemic, Senator Dick Gordon has called on the agency to continue monitoring and testing all 800,000 Dengvaxia-vaccinated children to determine if they were seronegative or do not have a previous history of dengue. Gordon expressed concern over the health of children who were given […]
With government studying proposals to reintroduce the controversial Dengvaxia in the market after the Department of Health recorded more than 130,00 dengue cases as of mid-July, Senator Dick Gordon has proposed that the vaccine’s French manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur first re-apply for a license for the vaccine from the Food and Drug Authority (FDA). Gordon pointed […]
Senator Dick Gordon lauded the efforts of both the Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Red Cross to close the immunization gap, amid the vaccination scare caused by the controversial anti-dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia. Gordon, also chairman of the Philippine Red Cross, said the health department is gaining ground to regain the public’s trust in […]
With the gap in vaccination coverage in the country steadily widening since 2014 which contributed to the current measles outbreak in Metro Manila and in some parts of Luzon and the Visayas, Senator Dick Gordon is calling for urgent efforts to increase vaccination coverage. During the NDRRMC (National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council) Response […]
House Appropriations Committee Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles said that he would wholeheartedly support the calls of families of Dengvaxia victims for the adoption of the House version of the P1.161 billion supplemental budget for the more than 800,000 schoolchildren who have been given the anti-dengue vaccine in 2016. This, as parents of Dengvaxia […]
House Appropriations Committee Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Sunday called on fellow legislators to help assuage the fears of parents of children administered with the controversial Dengvaxia dengue vaccine by adopting the House of Representatives’ version of the P1.161 billion supplemental budget for the more than 800,000 schoolchildren who have been given the […]
House Appropriations Committee Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Saturday thanked his colleagues in the Senate for finally approving the P1.161 billion supplemental budget for the 800,000-plus recipients of the controversial Dengavaxia dengue vaccine, but stressed that he had very serious concerns about the Senate version of the bill and that the differences between […]
Senator Dick Gordon commended the passage of the bill seeking to allocate a supplemental budget amounting to P1.16 billion to the Department of Health for the provision of medical assistance to the estimated 830,000 recipients of the Dengvaxia vaccine. House Bill No. 7449 (Committee Report No. 395), sponsored by Senator Loren Legarda and co-sponsored by […]